Man left ‘screaming in agony’ after cycling accident

Bill Wilson was cycling to visit his daughter, Marion, at her work at Belton Livery, between Dunbar and Stenton, on Sunday morning.

He was involved in a collision with a car as he travelled along Belhaven High Street towards Brewery Lane.

Speaking on Tuesday, Marion told the Courier that her dad had been taken to hospital and was unable to sit or stand after suffering broken ribs and soft tissue damage to his shoulder, neck, back and leg.

He was allowed home from hospital later that evening.

“I got a real fright and my mum was hysterical on the phone,” she recalled.

“She was beside herself and it is her 80th birthday this weekend.

“That has all been hit on the head and we had a big family gathering on Saturday night planned with my mum’s sisters coming for a meal.

“Everything has been hit on the head now because my dad is not going to be up for that.”

Bill Wilson is recovering after an accident on Belhaven High Street

Emergency services were called out to the incident at about 10.15am.

Bill, who lives in the town with wife Senga, cycles to visit his daughter five times a week and can also often be seen walking in the town or swimming at Dunbar Leisure Pool.

His daughter and granddaughter, Brodie Beveridge, were among those on the scene following the accident.

Marion said: “I got a fright and my mum was in a state.

“He was lying half on the road and half on the pavement, screaming in agony.

“It was very upsetting and my daughter was there as well.

“She was really upset.”

Marion, 54, said her dad had been clipped by a car squeezing between him and an island on the road. The impact caused him to fall where he rolled “three or four times”.

Former lorry driver Bill was allowed home from the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh on Tuesday night.

The driver of the silver Vauxhall Astra, a 60-year-old woman, was uninjured.

Police Constable Stewart Logan, of Police Scotland, said: “Our enquiries to establish the full circumstances of what happened are ongoing.

“Anyone who saw what happened or who has dash-cam footage that can assist is asked to call us on 101, quoting incident number 1121 of Sunday, April 23.”